Hollyoaks: Who is going to bump off baddie Fraser Black?

A BLACK DAY: Fraser is doomed as the character will be killed off the soap in a dramatic whodunit mystery [LIMEPICTURES]

The crook’s body will be found dumped next month – but soap bosses are keeping tight-lipped about how he dies. And it will spark a massive mystery with several of the soap’s key characters in the frame for the killing.

A show insider said: “By the time he is found dead, pretty much everyone in the village will have a motive for killing him.

“Fraser (played by Jesse Birdsall, 51) been leading a double life so it was only a matter of time before it caught up with him. But the fall-out will be huge and could rip the village apart.”

Bosses will keep fans hooked by giving teasers about the identity of the killer until it is revealed in the summer.

“By the time he is found dead, pretty much everyone in the village will have a motive for killing him”

There will be several suspects including Fraser’s own daughter Grace (Tamara Wall, 32), his wife Sandy (Gillian Taylforth, 58), Joe Roscoe (Ayden Callaghan, 32), and local bad boy Ste Hay (Kieron Richardson, 28) who has been threatened by the thug.

Meanwhile, there’s also going to be a shock pregnancy this spring when Maxine Minniver (Nikki Sanderson, 29) discovers she’s expecting.

It will come as a massive blow because the father is her violent partner Patrick Blake (Jeremy Sheffield, 48).

Fans will know he has been subjecting her to months of physical and emotional abuse, so the downtrodden villager may decide to abort the baby.

Our show insider added: “We really have got some exciting stuff coming up over the next few months that will spark storylines that take us through to next year.”